incardination

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A formal process that makes a priest officially part of a local diocese

noun
/ˌɪn.kɑːr.dɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

Jargon

: incardinación

After a lengthy review, the bishop granted the priest's request for incardination to his new diocese.

Examples

If you think about it, this partly explains the Church's discipline for priests being ordained to the service of a specific diocese and yet, for good reasons (or not), having the possibility of changing their diocese of incardination and finding a new place to belong.

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Yet, Fr. Frank Pavone can fight his bishop and demand incardination, and no one accuses him of "un-Pio-like" behavior.

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The formal incardination process ensures that a clergy member is officially recognized as part of a specific church authority.
Every diocese has its own requirements for incardination, which must be fulfilled before a priest can serve there.

Surface Forms

incardination singular

incardinations plural

Morphology

incardination = incardinate (opaque) = incardinate + ation

A regular nominalization from the verb 'incardinate' using the productive suffix '-ation'.

Etymology

The word incardination comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and cardo 'hinge'. You can see the same root in cardinal, which originally meant a main 'hinge' or important point. So incardination means being formally 'attached into' a church or diocese, like a priest becoming officially part of that local church.